
STATISTICS
Source: Fertility, Family Planning, and Women's Health: New Data from the 1995
National Survey of Family Growth, table 49
-Number of women ages 15-44 with impaired ability to have children: 6.1 million
-Number of women who've ever used infertility services: 9.2 million
-Number of married couples that are infertile: 2.1 million
-Number of women using infertility services: 9.3 million
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-Infertility affects as many as 1 in 6 couples
-One-third of the time the problem lies with the male
-One-third of the time it lies with the female
-One-third of the time infertility is caused by problems with
both the male and the female.
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-40 or 50 percent of all pregnancies
-20 percent will suffer recurring miscarriages
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-There are about 4.4 million confirmed pregnancies in the U.S. every year.
-900,000 to 1 million of those end in pregnancy losses EVERY year.
-More than 500,000 pregnancies each year end in miscarriage
(occurring during the first 20 weeks).
-Approximately 26,000 end in stillbirth (considered stillbirth after 20 weeks)
-Approximately 19,000 end in infant death during the first month.
-Approximately 39,000 end in infant death during the first year.
-Approximately 1 in 4 pregnancies end in miscarriage; some estimates are as
high as 1 in 3. If you include loss that occurs before a positive pregnancy test,
some estimate that 40% of all conceptions result in loss.
-Approximately 75% of all miscarriages occur in the first trimester.
-An estimated 80% of all miscarriages are single miscarriages.
The vast majority of women suffering one miscarriage can expect to have a
normal pregnancy next time.
-An estimated 19% of the adult population has experienced the death of a child
(this includes miscarriages through adult-aged children).